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1 Chervonets
| Issuer | Emissionniy Bank, Kiev |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in two shades of blue-green on a fine guilloche underprint that covers the entire field. A large numeral "1" vignette occupies the right side within an elaborate scalloped cartouche, while a smaller numeral "1" appears at lower left. The central legend ОДИН ЧЕРВОНЕЦ is set in bold Cyrillic letterpress above a two-line text citing the legal basis of issue and the issuing authority, with the date and place КИЕВ 1941 centred below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a uniform medium blue on a dense guilloche background. A central numeral "1" vignette is flanked by two symmetrical ornamental panels, each containing the denomination rendered in six languages in parallel columns — Ukrainian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Kazakh, and Uzbek. A bold Cyrillic legend across the lower margin warns against counterfeiting, and small numeral "1" devices appear in each corner. |
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This note belongs to a short-lived and poorly documented episode: the German occupation monetary apparatus in Ukraine. Following the Wehrmacht's capture of Kiev in September 1941, occupation authorities permitted or organized limited local currency emissions to facilitate trade and wage payments in newly controlled territory. The Emissionniy Bank was not a continuation of Soviet banking infrastructure — it was a creature of occupation administration, and its notes were never backed by any meaningful reserve.
Pick 45 is scarce in any condition. The print run was limited and the political situation that produced it collapsed within a few years, leaving few surviving examples outside specialist collections.